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hydraulic dovetail on a trailer

Back in November, I purchased a VW Jetta from a guy about 60 miles from where I live and he offered to deliver it to me. It was dark when he showed up and he had the car on a trailer that was really slick. He had a small mower engine mounted on the tongue of the trailer and was able to lift the rear of the trailer up and then fold out a solid ramp from underneath the trailer. He said his Dad had made a similiar trailer only bigger. Wished I had looked at the trailer a little closer but it was getting late and it was dark and I did not bother. I would like to make something similiar to this only with a fifth wheel hitch and was wondering if there were any plans out there so I could see what I would need to make something similiar. Just what I need another project. But if I had a better idea on how they were setup I could at least start collecting the parts to do something like this down the road. Thanks for any help that anyone can offer.

idea?

I dont know where you can find any plans, but you can go to a local heavy equipment rental company and more than likely they use the same setup. take a look and heck take pics and that might give you some ideas.

You can get the power pack at Northern Tool or bailey's. I'm sure you can find them on ebay. I use to drive semi car hauler that used the same system. on it you held down a toggle swith to turn the pump on, then used the other hand to operate 1 of the 18 hyd levers.